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Some of the local ladies in town. The hats are still very important for many
of the people. The type hat indicates marital status. |
Heading north now. We have transitioned from the western Andes to the eastern Andes and now dropping into the Amazon Basin. Not the Amazon River. Our destination is the Napo River. But, the basin is huge covering almost 3 million square miles comprising 35% of South American's landmass.
Our morning destination is the Devil's Cauldron. A pretty amazing waterfall. Interesting in that the waterfall is on public land but access to it is on private land, hence a $2 entrance fee. Further, there are two trails to access to the waterfall. Our guide suggested the 'best' route, (of course).
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| One of two swinging bridges to get to the falls. BUT, this one is at a 20-degree angle. |
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| We ended up just to the left of the waterfall. Amazing. |
The afternoon takes us to a local Quechua indigenous community. There we saw a demonstration of how they make their 'famous' chicha beer. In generations past, the ladies would chew some of the corn or grain to provide the sugar and to get the fermentation going. Nowadays they put in a little sweet potato. When it is still 'fresh' they feed it to the kids, but after a couple of weeks, it does become beer. We tasted some, unfiltered. Chewey.
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| Taking the canoe to our lodge. |
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| Trying to shoot a blow-dart. I was pathetic. |
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| No vegetable graters in the Amazon, this is a section of root from a palm. It does the job. |
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| The view from our room. |
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